Fair play: How welcome are women in games design teams?
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Through her own experiences, US-based computer programmer and game developer Brianna Wu quickly learnt that as a young female developer she wasn’t considered a true part of the team at work.
“On the run up to the release of ‘Halo 3’, I heard all the guys in the office whispering about the launch, and the day it was released they all played hooky – including my manager. The only two people left on the floor to deal with all the work that day were me, the only woman on the team, and the one gay guy who worked there. It very much sent a message that we weren’t part of their club.”